Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Ole NC Barbecue in Durham is in its third location since I first ate there many years ago. All three locations have been in or adjacent to North Duke Mall.
Originally, the restaurant had a pretty good size slot in the south side of the mall, where El Rodeo is now. They served a Southern buffet for years.
Sometime in the 1990's, the restaurant moved into an outbuilding that had housed a steakhouse. They expanded the buffet, but kept much of the steakshouse decor. It was one of the fancier old time BBQ joints I'd eaten at.
This year, the bank repossessed the building. It is now sitting empty with an "Owned by Bank" sign. The restaurant has moved into a small space with few tables in the back side of the mall. It is no longer a buffet restaurant, but serves a limited "Meat and Two or Three" and BBQ sandwiches from a counter.
I tried a BBQ sandwich. It was acceptable, but a little spicy to my taste.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Jim's Famous BBQ has closed. I liked the barbecue there, but found the menu of bar food, NC barbecue and Memphis style barbecue to be a mixed bag.
Recently, there opened a wood burner in Lumberton which I was looking forward to reviewing. It closed before I could get there. In the meanwhile, I have visited a couple of little joints on my travels around the state, but have not found anything to recommend. My newest place to try is the Fire Pit in Wake Forest.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

On evening at Johnny's I encountered the Old North State BBQ food truck. The eastern style barbecue sandwich was pretty good. It had some nice brown bits. The meat holds up nicely. I was a bit disappointed in their hush puppies, finding them hard. They cook their food at a common food truck kitchen up in Durham, which explains the hush puppies. The truck shows up at the Rainbow Soccer fields in Chapel Hill and Johnny's, along with other spots in town. Follow their twitter feed at http://twitter.com/onsbbq . It's worth checking out.

Monday, July 04, 2011

According to the Burlington Times-News , the A&M Grille in Mebane closed for good Monday June 27 2011. Every time one of these old timer barbecue joints close, we lose a little bit of North Carolina history. I was never a fan of the barbecue sauce there, but the joint had a lot of fans.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

According to WRAL, Dilliards Barbecue on Fayetteville Street in Durham is closing after 58 years in business. Though not of my top BBQ joints, it is always sad when yet another old mainstay of the business closes. I did love the old time atmosphere there.